MILKYWHALE / Melkorka Sigríður Magnúsdóttir (Reykjavík)

Milkywhale is a brand new music project by choreographer Melkorka Sigríður Magnúsdóttir that dismantles the boundaries between a concert and a performance. Together with musician Árni Rúnar Hlöðversson they have created a series of pop songs, a visual trip through soundscape and choreography. This epic concert features trivial things like love, trampoline exercises, whales and white animals.

Milkywhale will be premiered at LÓKAL and Reykjavik Dance Festival. Performances in Tjarnarbíó the 26th and 27th of August at 21:00

Melkorka Sigríður Magnúsdóttir studied choreography at School for New Dance Development in Amsterdam and P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels 2006-2010. Since graduating she has choreographed and danced in various performances in Iceland and abroad. She has worked for the Icelandic Dance Company, The National Theater of Iceland and Ultima Vez as well as independent theater groups such as Samsteypan Collective, Melkorka & Kata, and the Jukebox. She won the Icelandic Theater awards for Choreography of the year in 2013 together with dance artist Katrin Gunnarsdottir. Melkorka is a member of the performance band John the Houseband since 2008 and forms the one person band Milkywhale.